Quite a Pear

• Recipe by Cocktails 2006

Zola • Nashville
This restaurant’s wildly eclectic decor includes Nashville’s largest indoor mural, multicolored rolling pins suspended from the ceiling and a dining room decorated like a North African tent.

Ingredients

1. 8 rosemary sprigs
2. 4 ounces water
3. 1/4 cup sugar
4. 2 1/2 ounces fresh lemon juice
5. 9 ounces vodka
6. 3 ounces pear liqueur
7. Ice
8. 6 lemon wheels

Directions

1. In a small saucepan, combine 2 of the rosemary sprigs with the water and sugar and bring to a boil over moderate heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Let cool, then strain the syrup into a pitcher. Add the lemon juice, vodka and pear liqueur and stir well. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, about 2 hours. Pour one-third of the mixture into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake well and strain into 2 martini glasses. Repeat 2 more times, using fresh ice each time. Garnish each drink with a sprig of rosemary and a lemon wheel.